Humanist Week

World Humanist Day is celebrated annually by humanist organisations around the world on 21 June. The BHA encourages humanists to celebrate this important event by doing something in the days surrounding the day - ie ‘Humanist Week’.

The aims of the week are to:

• increase awareness of Humanism
• provide information about Humanism
• celebrate Humanism and humanists
• increase interest in Humanism locally and nationally

Humanist Week 2010 21st-27th June

In 2010, the BHA will be organising special events and supporting groups to celebrate Humanism in their local areas. There will be a week of national and local events surrounding the history, beliefs and values of Humanism.

The theme of Humanist Week 2010 is ‘Humanist Heritage -celebrating humanist contributions across the ages.’

We want people to:

Celebrate- humanists’ contribution to human wellbeing which continues today

Reclaim- the UK’s non-religious history

Connect – Humanism then and now

Inform- and raise awareness about Humanism

Discover- local ‘humanist heroes’

What is the BHA doing?

This year, the BHA will be supporting activities throughout the week by:

• Holding a day conference on 26th June to celebrate Humanism and the arts.

• Sending specialist online materials to all UK schools about Humanism and social action.

• Sending briefings to all local authorities about Humanism and equality laws.

• Creating resources for groups and individuals to put up in local libraries, town halls, community centres etc.

• Making noise about humanist achievement - online and in the media.

• Coordinating a new website ‘Humanist Heritage’ where people can upload information about their local area and which will be a permanent resource for celebrating Humanism in the UK.

Read a briefing which we sent to all our affiliated groups.

Humanist Week 2009 20th-28th June

In 2009, the BHA coordinated a national ‘library drive.’ Libraries are well used by many sections of the community and most have spaces for local groups to display materials.

The BHA designed special materials with information about Humanism, the BHA, ceremonies, the history of Humanism and facts and figures about non-religious people.

These were displayed in over forty libraries throughout the week.